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What really matters …
Thanks to my friend Sean for sharing this great article on Facebook, I hope it’s alright for me to re-post it here:
A Life That Counts
By Dr. John C. Maxwell
Ben Franklin once wrote, “I would rather have it said ‘he lived usefully’ than ‘he died rich.’” More than just words, it was the way Franklin lived… »
Celebrating birthday
Dec 11, a very special day to me. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s my birthday again. Doesn’t time fly?
I’d be lying if I say I don’t care about celebration. I’ve even set up a Facebook event for my birthday party tonight! A small crowd of around 30 may turn up, expect lots of drinks, music… »
The most frustrating online registration experience
After moving into my new home for more than a month, I finally got the time to deal with my new purchases: filing the receipts and records, sending warranty cards, etc. Guess what, I spent nearly 45 minutes just TRYING to register for warranty for my new Samsung LCD monitor!
Let me capture what happened here:
Visit… »
Embarrassing moment of the Royal Bank of Scotland
Last month I received this letter form the Royal Bank of Scotland to “correct” their typo in a previous letter: their total asset figure.
I can’t comprehend the difference between 2.4 billion and 2,400 billion, but I honestly don’t feel comfortable keeping my money with a bank that doesn’t get “numbers” right.
My first response… »
事實與偏見 – 不許成功見白頭
讀畢今期壹週刊裡黎智英《事實與偏見》專欄中「不許成功見白頭」一文，很有共鳴。因為壹週刊的網上內容是要付費的，所以唯有連結到有轉貼的討論區。
這幾句實在寫得很好：
你可以將你的 vision 作為信念圖騰 ，卻絕不可能以此為發展計劃 。
做生意的目的只有一個 ，那就是滿足顧客的需要 ，而不是膨脹自己的 ego 呀 。
不要只顧幻想生意會做得多大多大 。人不是要做大生意才會開心的 。
不止一次被問到：你對公司的發展有什麼大計？何時會擴充？五年後會怎樣？十年後會怎樣？我都是這樣的回答：我不知道。有時我更會補上一句：我享受這種 “未知”，如果將來真的如我所料，那就很沒有趣了!
“像好些事情一樣 ，做生意順其自然好了 。”… »
不能入睡的原因
認識我的人都知道我係「夜鬼」一個，我最喜歡半夜三更開工，貪夠靜夠專心。可惜最近都愈來愈少機會有一刻清靜，連睡覺都不能。講出來都覺得很搞笑：隔離單位有對年青夫婦不停吵吵鬧鬧，搞到我要打電話去管理處。
可能佢地以為半夜三四點人人都睡了，就走出來走廊嘈，但係我就正正給他們搔擾。我無興趣聽佢地嘈什麼，但感覺到「火藥味」很重，好擔心會遲早有一日會「出事」。我們這個年代的人鄰里關係冷漠，除非有人嗌火燭或救命，否則多數都抱「多一事不如少一事」的心態。
坦白講，我擔心有「血案」多過有噪音，但又唔知道可以做什麼，難道走出去勸交？這對年青夫婦家裡還有個小孩，我很難想像「出事」起上來會有多嚴重。我記得自己幾歲大時見過父母鬧交，雖然只是斯文的口角之爭，已經嚇得我又喊又失眠，事隔多年都重記得，那種影響可想而知。都係那句：諗得好好好好 …… »
Finding your true love
As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.
Steve Job’s commencement speech at Stanford is one of my favourite sources of inspiration, I never got tired… »
很想講中文
年紀大，開始鍾意懷舊。呢輪好掛住以前日日寫中文、講中文的日子。自問中文底子不差，但自從迷上網後，用中文的機會買少見少。上網看的多數係英文、撰寫報告和建議書用英文、電郵用英文、IM用英文、SMS用英文、同九成客開會要用英文，最近公司多了外籍同事，連內部會議都轉了英文 …… »
Ripped off by MOOV.now.com.hk!
Last week HSBC called and alerted me of a suspicious online transaction (2 UKP) with my credit card, so I agreed to have it terminated and replaced with a new one. I’m actually quite happy with their service, every time I went abroad or made some big purchases they would call to verify the transaction…. »
放假休息
七一回歸日無端端星期二有一日假放。星期日晚睇完歐洲國家杯決賽（德國抵輸！），尋晚睇溫布頓又睇到今朝五點，可以休息一日調整番「時差」都幾好！今日難得咁好天就搭船入去大嶼山梅窩行下，下午四點到，太陽不太猛，躺在沙灘上享受陣陣海風，感覺一流！就這樣消磨到傍晚，成個人re-charged晒，同行的朋友一致認同：咁至係放假！
可能我地都比較另類，不熱衷行街 shopping，更不想賴在家睡覺／打機／睇碟 … 香港雖然係石屎森林，但去郊區只不過大半個鐘車（船）程，比係銅鑼灣等位食壽司不知快幾多！講開 shopping，我真不明白點解咁多人當係一種「放假活動」。我理解好多人平日放工很晚，要等 weekend 才有幾會買野，但係… 個個 weekend 都去 shopping, 有無咁多野買呀？
去碼頭時路經 IFC Mall,… »